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Grenadier :: Grenadier (n.) Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc..

Savine :: Savine (n.) A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc..

Indobriton :: IndoBriton (n.) A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste..

Plimsoll''s Mark :: Plimsoll's mark () A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured..

Budget :: Budget (n.) The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries..

Tamarack :: Tamarack (n.) The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch..

Powen :: Powen (n.) A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or C. ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring..

Consols :: Consols (n. pl. ) The leading British funded government security.

Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares..

Xanthian :: Xanthian (a.) Of or pertaining to Xanthus, an ancient town on Asia Minor; -- applied especially to certain marbles found near that place, and now in the British Museum..

Elgin Marbles :: Elgin marbles () Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin..

Roundfish :: Roundfish (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska..

Newfoundland :: Newfoundland (n.) An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity..

Megrim :: Megrim (n.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa)..

Cornet :: Cornet (n.) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871..

Tola :: Tola (n.) A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.

Spook :: Spontoon (n.) A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers..

Cross :: Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it..

Gilthead :: Gilthead (n.) The Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; -- called also golden maid, conner, sea partridge..

Crees :: Crees (n. pl.) An Algonquin tribe of Indians, inhabiting a large part of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's Bay..

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